Marlenny Luna
Understanding support for life's parenting challenges
- Credentials
- LMHC
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed in
- New York
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Marlenny
Marlenny Luna is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor who brings 14 years of clinical experience to her practice in New York. She chose this work after experiencing how helpful therapy can be firsthand, and she now focuses on giving practical, steady support to people facing hard moments. Marlenny listens first and helps people find workable next steps they can try between sessions.
She communicates plainly and keeps the process straightforward for busy parents and adults dealing with stress.
Background and approach
Marlenny uses a mix of approaches rather than one fixed method. She draws on cognitive behavioral therapy to address unhelpful thinking patterns and on mindfulness to help clients manage strong emotions in the moment. She also values client-centered and narrative techniques to center each person’s story and strengths.
Her areas of focus include stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting and family matters, grief, trauma and addiction-related issues. She also supports people coping with life changes, self-esteem challenges, anger, career concerns, and complicated family history. Additional topics she works with include codependency, communication problems, fertility and immigration issues, and end-of-life or hospice concerns.
Sessions are offered in English and Marlenny accepts international clients. She aims to make therapy accessible through multiple online formats so that care fits around family schedules and work demands. Her style is collaborative, direct, and empathetic.
Background and approach summary: Marlenny holds the LMHC credential and practices in New York. She blends practical skills with personal attention to help people manage symptoms and rebuild routines. Clients can expect clear tools, reflective conversation, and a focus on everyday changes that matter.
Therapeutic methods and online care that fit family life
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and responding to each person’s unique story. It emphasizes empathy and support so clients feel heard while they explore what matters most in their lives. This approach is useful for people who want a respectful, patient pace for change.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going. It teaches clear skills to reduce anxiety, manage mood, and tackle unhelpful patterns in relationships and parenting. Many clients find CBT helpful when they want concrete steps they can practice between sessions.
Finding the right approach is part of the work and will be decided together. The therapist will help weigh goals, daily demands, and personal preferences to choose methods that fit each client. The process is collaborative and can change as needs shift over time.
Online therapy makes it easier to fit sessions into busy family schedules. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation from home, phone sessions can be used on the go, and live chat or text-based messaging supports short check-ins or ongoing reflection. These options increase flexibility so people can keep therapy consistent alongside work, parenting, and other responsibilities.
Client-Centered Therapy
The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.
Mindfulness Therapy
Attention training: noticing thoughts and physical feelings as they arrive without being carried off by them. Much of it is practice you do yourself, so guidance over video or audio works much as it would in person.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English
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